UNIT 1 - READING 2

Match the following words with their meaning.

• naturally predisposed

• peripheral (a)

• less important

• paramount (a)

• tie

• genetically endowed

• natural

• bond

• more important than anything else

• biological

Match the following words with their meaning.

• taking care of children

• child rearing

• health

• exclusively

• teenagers

• adolescents

• only

• issues

• concerns

• well-being

Match the following words with their meaning.

• modern

• offspring (n)

• come from

• contemporary

• children

• fragile (a)

• important

• derived from

• easy to break

• instrumental (a)

Read the following passage and select TWO correct answers from the FIVE options (A—E).

Until the late 20th century, academic views of child development considered that

• men were naturally predisposed to childcare

• the father was not an important figure.

• fathers failed to provide for their children.

• the mother's role was central to child rearing.

• men should spend more time with their children.

Read the following passage and select TWO correct answers from the FIVE options (A—E).

Margaret Mead believed that ...

• women did not want to change society.

• fathering could not be learnt.

• mothers were genetically programmed to bond with their babies.

• the mother-child relationship was difficult to change.

• fathers naturally wanted to look after their children.

Read the following passage and select TWO correct answers from the FIVE options (A—E).

Modern research has discovered that ...

• parenting is not an instinct.

• the role of parents varies with external factors.

• men and women have fixed parental roles.

• motherhood had not been thoroughly researched.

• fatherhood had been carefully researched in the past.

Read the following passage and select TWO correct answers from the FIVE options (A—E).

According to traditional research, ...

• fathers had no effect on their children's intellectual growth.

• fathers were not loving by nature.

• mothers were responsible for a child's emotional development.

• the development of the child's social
  identity depended on the father.

• mothers were not naturally caring.

Write ONE WORD for each sentence.

Early research into __________ largely ignored the importance of the role of fatherhood.

Write ONE WORD for each sentence.

Modern research has found that emotional behaviour is not restricted to the _________ role.

Write ONE WORD for each sentence.

The age and gender of the children affects their __________ with their parents.